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Show LION MASCOT OF AiRMEN IS NOW SORRY SPECTACLE I 'APIS. Jan. 15 The lion cub which; was adopted as a mascot by the La-1 fayeile suaclron of aviators, the first f the Aim cleans to come to fig lit i and die for France In the war. now! is a melancholy spectacle In the Paris 1 zoological gardens but the keepers I refuse to kill him because of the sentiment senti-ment resulting from his connection with (he American fighters. ine eye Is inldSing, much of his hair i gone.l ne seems accrepit wren age ana, it met in the desert. his appearance would inspire nothing hut pity The Indignation of SOnfie lncmoci-s of a soiiety for prevention of cruelty to animals has been aroused by his minimi ul appearance. "Why d'oA'l mu chloroform thc poor old fellow?" a visitor asked of tht head keener the other day. What do vou mean by 'old fellow,"" fel-low,"" retorted th,C keeper "That Hon Is only four years old. He Is a victim of the war. If that lion is lame it Is because be got rheumatism in the first line trenches. cine of his legs was broken when he fell out of an airplane 40 feet from the ground. Me lost his eye from a well directed rl&ht-hahd swing of one of the mechanics me-chanics whose fur coat he had stolen and ulaved with a bit behind the sheds. "Kill that llor?" he .exclaimed. "Whj be Is tin- symbol of those tall! happy lads in khaki whose bodies now lie along the Veslc and Mouse. I I will lake him home ns a pet first. ' |